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NASA's OSIRIS-REx will land on an asteroid to bring home rocks and dust – if it can avoid Mt. Doom

  • Written by Elizabeth Cantwell, Professor of Practice for Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering and Senior Vice President for Research & Innovation, University of Arizona
imageThis artist's rendering shows OSIRIS-REx spacecraft descending toward asteroid Bennu to collect a sample of the asteroid’s surface.NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona

Imagine parallel parking a 15-passenger van into just two to three parking spaces surrounded by two-story boulders. On Oct. 20, a University of Arizona-led NASA mission 16 years...

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How conservative groups will advance their agendas before a Supreme Court with Amy Coney Barrett

  • Written by Paul M. Collins, Jr., Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst
imageA lot of interests want to influence the cases that come before the Supreme Court and how they're decided.Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court has highlighted the ways interest groups use the legal system to pursue their goals. Barrett is closelytied to the conservative Federalist...

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7 tips for staying safe as COVID-19 cases rise and colder weather heightens the risk

  • Written by Melissa Burdi, Dean, Purdue University Global School of Nursing, Purdue University
imageSimple steps like wearing a face mask can lower the risk of getting COVID-19 for the wearers and those around them.Jennah Moon/Getty Images

As temperatures fall, people are spending more time indoors. That heightens the risk of the coronavirus spreading, but there are some simple steps you can take to help protect yourself and everyone around you.

It...

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China makes it incredibly hard for foreign businesses to operate – but they stay because the money is just too good

  • Written by Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, Rochester Institute of Technology
imageA shipping container passes the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco bound for Oakland, Calif. AP Images/Eric Risberg

Doing business in China can be a difficult and contentious proposition for companies in many countries. Yet even with charges of intellectual property theft, forced partnerships and tight restrictions on doing business, China...

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Women politicians more likely to reply to people who reach out in need, study shows

  • Written by Zoila Ponce de Leon, Assistant Professor of Politics, Washington and Lee University
imageIn Europe, women politicians were even more likely to respond to female constituents who asked for help.Ponomariova_Maria via Getty

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

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Women politicians are more responsive than men when people come to them seeking health care and economic support, our newly published study...

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Mail-in voting is safe and reliable – 5 essential reads

  • Written by Jeff Inglis, Politics + Society Editor, The Conversation US
imageAn election worker in Pennsylvania handles mailed ballots during that state's primary election in May.AP Photo/Matt Rourke

Time is running out for Americans who want to cast their ballots by mail.

If you want to vote this way but haven’t yet requested a ballot, you should know that it takes time for ballot requests to get from voters to their...

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Rural health cooperatives are challenged by connectivity and social distancing -- but are innovating

  • Written by Tanisa Adimu, Assistant Project Director, Georgia Health Policy Center, Georgia State University

Rural areas are seeing some of the fastest spread of the COVID-19 in the U.S., taxing already stressed rural health care systems. Researchers Tanisa Adimu and Amanda Phillips Martinez head the Community Health Systems Development team of the Georgia Health Policy Center at Georgia State University, providing and evaluating technical assistance to...

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Jubilarse joven podría afectar las funciones del cerebro, revela estudio

  • Written by Plamen Nikolov, Assistant Professor of Economics, Binghamton University, State University of New York
imageUna buena manera de mejorar los efectos negativos de la jubilación es mantenerse involucrado en actividades sociales y continuar usando su cerebro de la misma manera que lo hacía cuando trabajaba. Westend61/Getty Images

Las personas que se jubilan anticipadamente sufren un deterioro cognitivo acelerado e incluso pueden experimentar...

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Colleges and the Thanksgiving COVID-19 risk: Fauci’s right – holiday plans may have to change

  • Written by Walter Thomas Casey II, Associate Professor of Political Science, Texas A&M University-Texarkana
imageCollege students are making plans to head home for the holidays at the same time U.S. COVID-19 case numbers are rising.William Campbell/Getty Images

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, warned this week that families may need to change their Thanksgiving plans to keep everyone safe from the coronavirus. The head...

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How baseball's first commissioner led a conspiracy of silence to preserve baseball's color line

  • Written by Chris Lamb, Professor of Journalism, IUPUI
imageWhen commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis received a petition to integrate baseball with over a million signatures, he simply ignored it.APA via Getty Images

The Baseball Writers’ Association of America recently announced that it would remove former Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis’ name from the plaques...

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  13. Political bias in media doesn't threaten democracy — other, less visible biases do
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